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    Fan noise on AA1s?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rpeters83, Apr 16, 2009.

  1. rpeters83

    rpeters83 Notebook Consultant

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    Is it common to hear a little bit of fan noise on these netbooks? It doesn't sound bad, but you can hear a faint "buzzing" of a tiny fan motor in a quiet room.

    Normal? I've heard "bad" fans on youtube and mine definitely doesn't sound like those. Thanks.
     
    rpeters83, Apr 16, 2009
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    I can hear mine running sometimes when it's really quiet in the room. I would say what you are hearing is normal.

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    winter_war, Apr 16, 2009
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    thanks for the reply. a friend of mine actually just bought one and it sounds about the same too.
     
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    here's something to note... when you're holding the AA1 in your hands, in the air, the fan is nearly silent. however, putting it onto a hard surface amplifies the sound to make it audible in a quiet room. fan doesnt change sound when angled so the bearing's fine. I guess that's just acoustics for ya...

    edit: even holding the back up a 1/2" makes a slight change in volume. neat.
     
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    I usually just run acer aspire one fanless when I'm browsing the web.
     
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    and how do you do that?
     
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    You can either use programs such as a1ctrl or aa1fancontrol to turn off the fan or write your own program to control the fan speed.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 16, 2009
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    i tried out aa1fancontrol. wow, i wish the bios was like this. my cpu was a cool 41 degrees with the fan always running. overkill.
     
    rpeters83, Apr 17, 2009
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    I usually idle around 50-55C in fanless mode. Browsing the web raises this temp to 60C in fanless mode. Encoding HD h.264 videos using 100% cpu power is about 70-80C in fanless mode.
     
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    bump. anyone else hear their fan motor spinning in a quiet room? i really wish the bios itself could control this.
     
    rpeters83, Apr 21, 2009
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